Maurice Grosjean

Maurice Grosjean (3 March 1761-22 April 1794) was a colonel of the French Revolutionary Army cavalry during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Maurice Grosjean was born on 3 March 1761 in Toulouse, Pays d'Oc, in southern France to a working-class family. Grosjean entered the French Army in 1779, joining the cavalry. In 1789, after the French Revolution and the formation of the French Revolutionary Army, Grosjean was made a captain of a volunteer cavalry regiment in southern France, and in 1791 his regiment was sent to the Rhine River to join the French forces there at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars. Grosjean commanded a regiment of cuirassiers in the 1793 battle of Sorbey, and fought against the Austrian Empire's forces there. He survived the battle, but was guillotined on 22 April 1794 after he was accused of not pursuing retreating Austrian troops.